Runoff hammer in Hamm: The result is a historic break in city politics

The result of the 2020 local elections in Hamm led to the runoff election.

The long-time incumbent had to face a challenger from the SPD.

• Marc Herter got

  the most votes

  in the first ballot of

  the OB election in Hamm.

• The SPD politician missed

  an absolute majority

  of at least 50 percent

  with his election result

  .

• On September

  27, there was a runoff election

  against incumbent Hunsteger-Petermann (CDU).

• We offer you all the news about the NRW election in the live ticker and all current election results.

Result of the runoff election in Hamm - Eternal Lord Mayor is defeated

Update from September 27, 2020, 8:39 p.m.:

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann was Lord Mayor of Hamm for more than twenty years.

This era is now ending because Marc Herter from the SPD won a more than clear majority in the runoff election.

The new OB won 63.57 percent of the vote.

Update from September 27, 2020, 6 p.m.:

The polling stations are now closing and the counting of the runoff results in Hamm can begin.

Update from September 27, 2020, 4:53 p.m.:

The polling stations in North Rhine-Westphalia close at 6 p.m. - the counting of the ballot papers can then begin.

As soon as the first voting districts of the runoff election in Hamm have been counted, interim results can be expected from which a clear tendency can often be read.

The final result is expected on election day, as only one election has to be counted.

We will inform you of the result here as soon as reliable figures are available.

+++ Here you will find the results of the runoff election in Hamm on election evening.

The final figures can be available just a few hours after the election +++

Hamm - Neither

nor

himself expected that.

In the

North

on September 13th, the

challenger outstripped the long-term mayor of Hamm.

The gap between the candidates was small, and so a close result of the

be expected

on September 27th

.

Local election in Hamm: The result of the mayor election is a small sensation

In almost all of Hamm's electoral districts, Herter (SPD) collected more votes, so that in the end,

surprisingly ended up ahead of CDU incumbent Hunsteger-Petermann (

).

The local election result in Hamm was a little sensation for many.

After all, Hunsteger-Petermann has

Lord Mayor of Hamm

.

Now he has to go into the

against Marc Herter on September 27th

.

After he had gathered himself briefly, Hunsteger-Petermann was combative: "We will wuppen that in the second round," said the CDU politician.

Runoff election in Hamm: result expected on September 27th

In the next round of the

, Hunsteger-Petermann must hope for the votes of those who voted in the first ballot to one of the other candidates.

For example,

(Greens) and

(AfD) are no longer allowed to compete in the second round.

Of course, it is not foreseeable in advance which voters will vote for another applicant.

Ultimately, it also has an influence on the runoff result if they switch to non-voters in the second ballot.

For the runoff election on September 27th, postal voting documents can be requested online again.

Important: Postal voters in the 1st ballot do not have to submit a new application for the runoff!

From Friday the postal voting stations will open again.

All information at https://t.co/XVp51cyA6G pic.twitter.com/SBXm7PAZ39

- City of Hamm (@hamm_stadt) September 15, 2020

How are the election results of the runoff election in Hamm determined?

Since there are only two candidates left, the election results can usually be completed quickly.

If there are no complications, the result of the runoff is expected on the evening of September 27th.

Then it will become clear whether Hunsteger-Petermann can defend his position again or whether Hamm

will get

after 21 years

.

Results from other cities in NRW

Result of the runoff election in Cologne

Result of the runoff election in Düsseldorf

Result of the runoff election in Dortmund

Result of the runoff election in Wuppertal

Result of the runoff election in Bielefeld

Result of the runoff election in Bonn

Result of the runoff election in Münster

Result of the runoff election in Aachen